‘Environmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness’
‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Welcome to the School of Arts, Design and Architecture!
Art and design open up new perspectives and solutions to the world's big challenges.
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The CreaTures research project highlights how creative practices can contribute to the sustainability agenda
The newly published CreaTures Co-Laboratory Catalogue offers an overview of experiences, insights and outcomes that emerged from 20 experimental artistic productions developed within the CreaTures project in 2020 – 2022.
Heli Rekula appointed Vice Dean at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Heli Rekula's area of responsibility is art and creative practices.
Aalto University ranks among the top 50 globally for international outlook
Times Higher Education lists Aalto 47th in the world and 3rd in the Nordics
English bachelor’s programmes attract both international and Finnish applicants
The number of applications to Aalto University’s English-taught bachelor’s programmes grew by 20%
Aalto University’s creative industry pre-incubator program is calling for applications
The application period for the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program is open until 14.2.2023. To apply you need an idea for a business and a background in the creative industries.
Research project brings the fashion of Renaissance to life
An art history research project explored the emergence and evolution of European fashion in the early modern period and produced new research and reconstruction methods.The Long Read by Aalto ARTS
Longform stories, in-depth features and profiles, data visualizations and more coming up - enjoy our webmag!
Creativity Unfolded
Aalto University’s blog series Creativity Unfolded focuses on insights linked to creativity in a multitude of ways. Topics include design, technology, media, architecture, film, games, art theory and more. Read and join the conversation.
Equality and diversity at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Aalto University is committed to promoting diversity, equality and non-discrimination in all its activities. We aim to provide a non-discriminatory, gender-equal and accessible environment in which employees and students with diverse backgrounds and duties receive equal treatment and are free to participate without discrimination in university activities.
Meet our people
Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts
Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.
Julia Lohmann: ‘We know too much and do too little’
Lohmann’s magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020.
What can you do for the climate?
Within the next ten years, Finns need to cut down more than 75% of our carbon footprint. The change is enormous, and will be based on new lifestyles, says Michael Lettenmeier.
'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'
Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.
Building interdisciplinary connections through a new joint position
This September will be a start of building a new connection between disciplines as Sebastian Schlecht takes on the position as the professor of practice in Sound in Virtual Reality.
Aalto Art and Design Cases
Aalto Design Cases is a platform for activity-based creativity and practice-based research in the Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Prominent art at Aalto University
Aalto University promotes visibility and impact of art and creativity both in society and at our own campus. Aalto University uses one percent of building costs to fund art.
Events
Alusta pavilion – Environmentally conscious architecture
Alusta pavilion - a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space.
DIALOGUES - Creating New Textile Futures Exhibition at Dipoli Gallery
Welcome to the exhibition at Dipoli Gallery!
The KOTAMO report: Equality, non-discrimination and diversity among teaching and research staff in higher education institutions - Making Waves 2/Feb/2023 14:00
Join us for our next Making Waves event on 2/Feb/2023 14:00: Senior Expert Julia Jousilahti (Demos Helsinki) will talk about the KOTAMO report commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture: Equality, non-discrimination and diversity among teaching and research staff in higher education institutions.
Creative Technologies
The series of seminars focusing on creative technologies started in Autumn 2022 at Aalto University.
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